The Black Opera doesn’t actually sing opera. But the Detroit hip-hop duo makes music that’s often just as dark and dramatic. The two men behind the moniker, Magestik Legend and Jamall Bufford, don’t ...

On this day in 2001, MTV premiered Carmen: A Hip Hopera, a genre-bending, culture-shifting reinterpretation of Georges Bizet’s classic opera Carmen—with a Hip Hop twist that made waves through both ...

A rock musical for a new generation tells the gospel in MTV language—for better or for worse. I doubt if many Christians have watched a dramatization of Christ’s passion and thought, “You know what ...

As famed streamer and influencer IShowSpeed stood atop the roof of Hyphy Burger in September, millions of fans from around the world tuned in. Hundreds more stood on the streets of West Oakland below.

Opera Grand Rapids (OGR) has announced its trailblazing 2025-2026 season during the “A Night with the Opera: Hip Opera” gala, held Thursday evening at GLC Live at 20 Monroe. Themed “East Meets Midwest ...

A long-lost opera by a respected Baroque composer gets added energy from a Charlottesville opera company’s combination of early music and hip-hop dance. The American premiere of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s ...

All the same, these are some of moments that brought Berkshire audiences together this year. Nas and the Pops cross the hip-hop Rubicon In a Popular Artist Series that saw brilliant performances from ...

Black Violin, a quartet led by two string players that melds musical styles from classical to funk to hip hop How it got its start Kevin Sylvester (Kev Marcus) and Wilner Baptiste (Wil B) were ...